DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

FRANKLIN K. LANE, Secretary 

t t S. RECLAMATION SERVICE, 

ARTHUR P. DAVIS, Director 

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Do You Want a Home on a Farm? 


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WORK AND HOMES FOR OUR FIGHTING MEN. 


Q. What do you mean, work and homes ? 

A. Just this. There is a bill now before Congress 
asking for an appropriation of $100,000,000, which, if 
passed, will enable the Interior Department to begin 
work at once developing cooperative farm settlements 
for soldiers and sailors in all or nearly all of the States. 

Q. Who will get the farms? 

A. Those who create them by working on draining, 
clearing, irrigating, and improving the lands. 

&. Will all get farms? 

A. That depends on the amount of land reclaimed. 

Q. Is this plan only for men who have been across? 

A. No. It is for all of the men who have worn Uncle 
Sam’s uniform in the great war. 

Q. Where is this land located? 

A. In practically every State in the Union there are 
large areas of this land. There is dry land in the West 

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that needs water, which can be provided by building 
dams and canals. In the East are large areas of cut¬ 
over or logged-off timber land, from which it will be 
necessary to blow the stumps and clear off the under¬ 
brush. In the South is a large amount of cut-over land 
and swamp land which must be drained. 

CL Could I get a job near my old home ? 

A. Probably you could. These proposed settlements 
are scattered all over the country, and it is planned to 
have one in each State, if Congress provides the money 
for construction. 

CL How about wages ? 

A. You would be paid fair wages by the Government 
while doing this work—just as good wages as you would 
be able to get in outside work of like character. 

CL Would I be enlisted? 

A. No. This work is only for men who have been 
honorably discharged from the service. 

CL What kind of work is it ? 

A. The Government will have work of all kinds in 
connection with these settlements, from the highest 
technical and clerical positions to that of laborer. 

CL Now, how about getting a home out of this? 

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A. After you have helped build the dams and canals, 
or cleared the cut-over land of stumps, or built the 
ditches to drain the swamp land; after you have helped 
to erect houses and barns, built fences, constructed 
roads, and laid out town sites, built creameries, can¬ 
neries, warehouses, schools, etc.; after you have, in 
fact, actually reclaimed the land, the Government will 
allow you to pick out one of these farms planted in 
crops. 

Q. Does the Government give me this farm for 
nothing ? 

A. No. And you wouldn’t want the Government to 
do it. The plan is to arrange for you to pay for your 
farm home in small payments over a long term of years, 
with interest charges at the rate of 4 per cent per 
annum. 

Q. How about stock and farm implements ? 

A. It is planned that the Government will also fur¬ 
nish you with the necessary stock and farm implements, 
to be paid for by you in small payments spread over 
several years. 

Q. Where will I get the money to make even these 
small payments? 


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A. You should be able to save the amount of the first 
payment out of your wages while working for the 
Government helping to build these settlements. The 
balance you should be able to pay from the proceeds 
from the sale of your crops. 

Q. I think I should like farm life, but I don’t like 
the idea of being too far away from other people. 

A. It is the plan, if Congress passes the bill now 
pending before it, to build what are known as com¬ 
munity settlements, each containing not less than 100 
farm homes surrounding a town, so that you will have 
near neighbors, good roads over which to bring your 
produce to town, and a market for the sale of your 
produce within a short distance of your farm home. 

Q. How many acres will my farm contain ? 

A. This will depend upon the location and kind of 
farming you engage in. For general farming from 40 
to 80 acres each, live stock from 80 to 160 acres, fruit 
farms 15 to 20 acres, and truck from 5 to 20 acres. 

Q. I don’t know anything about farming, but would 
like to get a farm home. How will I learn to farm ? 

A. Competent instructors in farm practice will be 
stationed on each project to teach men like you just 
how to make a success of farming. 

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Q. You say that this plan depends on Congress pass¬ 
ing this bill. Then, why are you asking me these 
questions now, before the hill is passed? 

A. Because Congress has asked the Interior Depart¬ 
ment to make a preliminary investigation of possible 
settlements throughout the country, and also wishes to 
know whether, if construction of these settlements is 
authorized, the soldiers, sailors, and marines would be 
interested in securing work and homes on these settle¬ 
ments. 

Q. Can I get any further information about the plan? 

A. Yes. Fill out the post card on the last page of 
this booklet and mail it. It doesn’t require any postage. 
Your name will then be on file in the Interior Depart¬ 
ment, so that you can be notified later if the plan is 
started. It is not possible now to say when this infor¬ 
mation can be sent you, and you should, of course, in 
the meantime not sit idly by, but instead accept the 
best employment that now presents itself. You are 
urged on your return home to get in touch with the 
TJ. S. Employment Service in your locality and with 
your^local Council of Defense, both of which organiza- 


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tions will gladly give you advice and assistance in 
securing employment now. 

Now fill out the post card on the back page and mail 
it. You don’t have to put a stamp on it. Be sure and 
sign your name and write plainly. But remember that 
this means work. This is not a bounty scheme. It 
will give a chance to own a farm only to those who 
want to work a farm. 

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